The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-16

II the shops are located at Madison $50, 600 will
be appropriated.
d. F. Whitcomb superintendent of the Union
railway and the Belt road, returned from the
days with his mother, who is now eighty years
of age
The wire of the c., n & D., between
Cincinnati and St Louis, has been kept hot with
messages since it was put in operation. Yester-
day 3O5 messages passed between the officers OF
the c., a. 81 d. and the Vandalia
The Chicago & Ohio River road under the
management of c. E. Henderson, continues to
judge and have recently passed over the road.
express surprise at the marked improvement in
its condition
The stock of the c., l.. St. L. & C. will
be delivered on July i, and, it is expected, will
sell at the outset at 50 CENTS AT that price it is
good per cent. investment, as the road
is likely. for years to come, to be 5 per cent.
dividend road
the way of earnings. the E. & T. FL. showing
increase in the first week of June the CORE
spending week of 1886 of 81, 07O; the Peoria, De-
catur e Evansville, 81, CAB; the Evansville & In
dianapolis. $536.
j. D. Laying, president of the Bee-line. is West
again looking after matters generally. He
seems to have taken the presidency of this sys
tenn at a good time. Certainly it is SO If the C.,
l., st. L. & c. and the Pennsylvania turn their
traffic on to the L. & St. L.
A. A. Ricketts, general utility man on the
Terre Haute & Peoria road. was in the city yes
terday on official business. He states that since
March 10 eighty five miles of steel rails
have been laid on this road and Ito, 900 new
cross-ties have been put in. The Fairbanks svn-
money with a freedom which indicates that they
propose to make the old Illinois Midland one of
the best roads in this section.
Rumors are current that some of the roads
hoN hann Az11 49,
lished rates. and that the matter is be brought
before the Interstate Commission. This is re-
ally antediluvian Stiffness. The only people
who suppose that the commission can interfere
with any reduction in rates that railroad may
choose to make those who swallowed the
first batch of lies about the law. and have been
discrimination
Yesterday an emigrant party arrived at the
Union Depot, en- route for Vincennes, Ind. The
tickets were sold at Castle Garden. on their
rival in New York, and by heartless passenger
agent of the New York, Ontario e Western
road, who was, of COURSE looking out for his
commissions regardless OF tho sufferings of his
victims. The tickets read via Detroit, Indian
apolis. Cincinnati thence over the o. & NJ road
to Vincennes the emigrant party travelling 230
miles further than they need to to reach Vim
cennes.
A. NJ. Palmertou, inventor of the Palmerton
wrecking frog has devised new rail- which
promises to be great improvement over the
ordinary 1T" rail. 1t is really continuous rail-
and il broken into twenty pieces a train would
not be thrown from the track. The wheel
passes over joint smoothly over any part
of the rail. The expense of its manufacture will
be no greater than the ordinary rail Railroad
men who have examined it pronounce it a good
thing and a device which will greatly increase
the safety of travel
The sooner the management of the L.. n A.
& c. grasp the situation and secure their own
terminal facilities at Indianapolis the better it
will be for them. Doing business in the same
yard and in the same depot with sharp COM
petitor is not likely to develop traffic Natural
ly, the agents and employees of the Lake Erie g.
Western look after their own business first, and
that of the L., N A & c. is secon dairy. The L.,
n. A. & c. has the money to secure suitable ia
cilites at indianapolis. and can use it no bet
ter advantage, and until they do so the company
need not expect to get its share of the freight
traffic
It is now thought that the revised classical
ton of freight will be put into effect about July
l-possbly little earlier Ten days notice will
be required, and the local lines have not yet
ceved notice that the classification has been
adopted. There can be little doubt of it. how
ever. for several lines have already ordered the
number of copies they desire, and a notice of it's
adoption will probably be made very soon. AS
the changes said to be quite numerous, the
classification will be in great demand by ship
pers The revision has wrought changes both
WAYS, but the drift is said to be from lower to
higher priced classes